Alternative rock music lyrically grounded in a Christian worldview
Christian alternative music
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Cultural origins
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Christian alternative rock
is a form of
alternative rock
music that is lyrically grounded in a
Christian
worldview. Some critics have suggested that unlike
CCM
and older
Christian rock
, Christian alternative rock generally emphasizes musical style over lyrical content as a defining genre characteristic,
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though the degree to which the faith appears in the music varies from artist to artist.
History
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Christian alternative music has its roots in the early 1980s, as the earliest efforts at
Christian punk
and
new wave
were recorded by artists like Andy McCarroll and Moral Support,
Undercover
,
the 77s
,
Steve Scott
,
Adam Again
,
Quickflight
,
Daniel Amos
, Youth Choir (later renamed
the Choir
),
Lifesavers Underground
,
Michael Knott
,
the Prayer Chain
,
Altar Boys
,
Breakfast with Amy
,
Steve Taylor
,
4-4-1
, David Edwards and
Vector
. Early labels, most now-defunct, included
Blonde Vinyl
,
Frontline
,
Exit
, and
Refuge
.
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By the 1990s, many of these bands and artists had disbanded, were no longer performing, or were being carried by independent labels because their music tended to be more lyrically complex (and often more controversial) than mainstream
Christian pop
. The modern market is currently supported by labels such as
Tooth & Nail
,
Gotee
and
Floodgate
. These companies are often children of, or partially owned, by general market labels such as
Warner
,
EMI
, and
Capitol Records
, giving successful artists an opportunity to "cross over" into mainstream markets.
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